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the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)“he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks”Opposite drynessType of condition, statusKinds moisture, humidity, sogginess, miriness, damp, bogginess, waterinessAttribute of wet, dry

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Wet′ness noun

1. The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.

2. A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season.

☞ Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is implied by humidness or moisture.

3. Sweat or sweating; — a euphemism. colloquial

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors